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FLORIDA AG SEEKS EMERGENCY ORDER TO HALT OPENAI

AI DESK■ 1 MIN READ
MON, SEP 28, 2026

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Florida's attorney general has requested an emergency court order to stop OpenAI from developing new language models. The move follows a summer lawsuit linking ChatGPT to a mass shooting incident.

The Florida Attorney General's office filed for the emergency order as part of ongoing litigation against OpenAI. Court documents characterize large language models as "the greatest public nuisance ever created," citing extinction-level risks to civilization. The case stems from allegations that ChatGPT's output was connected to a shooting earlier this year. Florida's legal team argues the technology poses existential threats that warrant immediate legal intervention. OpenAI has not yet publicly responded to the emergency order request. The company previously faced scrutiny over AI safety practices and content moderation policies. The filing represents an escalation in state-level AI regulation efforts. Other jurisdictions have pursued regulatory frameworks rather than outright bans on model development.

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